NCAI President at Evergreen
Improving educational success for Native Americans was
the theme of a lecture by Brian Cladoosby, current
president of the National Congress of American Indians
(NCAI), and chairman of the Swinomish Indian Senate.
Cladoosby’s lecture marks an enhanced effort by
Evergreen to develop curricula and programs that meet
the needs of Native students. Some 4.5 percent of
current Evergreen students are Native American.
Presidents: Les Purce- Evergreen
The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center is the
Brian Cladoosby (Swinomish)- NC I
first Native longhouse built on a public college campus
in the U.S. The college also offers a master of public
administration degree with a concentration on tribal governance, a program of study on Native
American and world indigenous peoples, and sponsors a reservation-based program where classes are
offered locally and the study topics are determined in partnership of the Coast Salish Gathering,
which comprises British Columbia First Nations and Western Washington tribes. (This portion of the article
was taken from the Evergreen Official Press Release).
Enduring Legacies Native Cases
MPA Tribal Governance Concentra-
tion sees highest enrollment ever for
The 10th annual Native Cases Institute will be held at the Tulalip
Fall 2014.
Resort Hotel August 24-26. The institute attracts a broad
audience of college and high school teachers as well as others
Spring/ Summer
working on behalf of Indian people in tribes, state agencies and
the legislature. At this Institute keynote speakers Senator John
In this issue:
McCoy, Sam Deloria and Vivian Arviso will discuss emerging
issues in Indian Country. Fifty people are expected to attend the
NCAI President at Evergreen
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Native Cases institute which is funded through generous grants
from the Tulalip Tribes and the San Manuel Band of Mission
Native Case Studies for Summer
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Indians. The Native Cases address a wide range of important
issues in Indian country today, such as climate change, salmon
Student and Faculty Focus
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restoration, education, health, economic development, and
leadership. Contact Barbara Smith at
New MPA Faculty
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www.nativecases.evergreen.edu. The Enduring Legacies Native
Cases collection includes more than 90 original cases; free to
download from the website www.nativecases.evergreen.edu.
Greeners atWashington Indian Education Conference in Spokane
Micah McCarty (Makah), Special
McCarty gave one of the keynote
Assistant to the President for Tribal
addresses. Micah said Washington
tribes are in the process of
Relations at Evergreen), Cindy
“repatriating our sovereignty.” He
Marchand Cecil (Director
stressed the resilience of Native
Reservation Based Program) and
nations and the importance of
Barbara Leigh Smith (Director
stories and “keeping the living
Native Cases Initiative) attended the
breath of our ancestors alive.”
Washington Indian Education
Marchand-Cecil and Smith did a
Patsy Whitefoot (Yakima and President of Wa
Association’s annual conference in
workshop on Evergreen’s Enduring
Indian Ed Assoc), Micah McCarty, Barbara
Legacies Native Cases Project.
Spokane in early April.
Leigh Smith)
